Sāmoan Plants
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The identification and use of plants in Sāmoan langauge.
List of words that may be used in examples.
Some of these plants are also in the Polynesian dictionary.
| Sāmoan | English | Scientific |
| Aʻa | Root | |
| ʻAute Sāmoa | Hibiscus (Red) | Hibiscus rosa-sinensis |
| ʻAva | Kava | Piper methysticum |
| Esi | Papaya | Carica papaya |
| Faʻi | Banana | Musa |
| Fasa (also fala) | Screwpine | Pandanus tectorius |
| Fau | Hibiscus (Beach) | Hibiscus tiliaceus |
| Kuʻava | Guava | Psidium guajava |
| Lāʻau | Plant, tree | Plantae |
| Lama | Candlenut | Aleurites moluccana |
| Lau,Laulāʻau | Leaf | |
| Lau magamaga | Musk (Maile scented) Fern | Microsorum/Phymatosorus grossus or scolopendria |
| Niu | Coconut | Cocos nucifera |
| Nonu | Great Morinda (aka. Noni in Hawaiʻi) | Morinda Citrifolia |
| Pua | Plumeria | Plumeria |
| Talo | Taro | Colocasia esculenta |
| Tī | Ti plant | Cordyline fruticosa |
| Uʻa | Paper mulberry | Broussonetia papyrifera |
| ʻUlu | Breadfruit | Artocarpus altilis |
| Vao, Vaomatua | Forest |